Terraria 1.3 bumper update grows out on Xbox One and PS4

The epic side-scrolling adventure, Terraria has reached version 1.3 on PS4 and Xbox One and it’s the biggest update on consoles yet.

The features include a what’s what of much requested features, like new enemies and events, Celestial Invasion Events, new underground biomes and even an Expert mode.

Also, there’s more than 800 new items to find in the game, which brings the total close to 3,500. That’s pretty astonishing!

Terraria 1.3 really bridges the gap between console and PC versions of the game, including a complete rewrite of the codebase. For instance, town NPCs will now sit, avoid monsters, socialise, and even fight back against enemies.

You can even find new music in there. The update is epic in more ways than one and you can read the full changelog below. Now all we need is that Switch port, right guys?

Features and Mechanics:

Revamped Town NPCs. They now sit, avoid monsters, socialize, avoid sitting near chests, and fight back against threats!

Chest open/close is now animated.

You can now join multiplayer games through Steam.

Steam Cloud saving is now available.

Achievements are now available through Steam and in game.

Character Select Menu has been revamped to show additional character information.

You can now toggle Screen Capture mode by pressing F1. This allows for taking much larger screenshots in game.

Your abilities while mounting have been enhanced – fishing and attacking while mounted are now possible..

Added the option to disable Blood and Gore.

You can now find the Skeleton Merchant underground. He has some unique items to sell, if you catch him at the right time.

There are several new appearance options available during character creation.

Enemy Banners now empower players nearby when facing the same enemy displayed on the banner.

Worlds now keep track of how many enemies have been killed and reward banners for every 50 kills.

The server will announce which player got the 50th kill.

When chatting with other players using the Chat Bar, you can now link items by pressing Alt+Left Click on the item you wish to share.

The angler always rewards money.

You can now remove spawn points by right clicking your bed.

You now get fishing rewards for every 5 turn ins, versus the previous requirement of 10.

The game will now tell you how much money you dropped upon death.

The player’s last death location is now shown on the map, aiding the retrieval of lost money and/or items..

Strange Plants can now be located and given to the Dye Trader for new dye rewards.

Information Accessories now work from the player’s inventory (versus needing to be equipped), and stats can be shared with players around you.

Dressers can now be used as chests. Clicking the bottom of the dresser will still open the color changing menu.

You can now purchase items using all money in your character storage – including money in your inventory, Piggybank, and Safe.

You can now hammer traps to change their direction of fire.

Deleting a world or character will now move it to the recycle bin versus permanent deletion. (Windows Only)

Added an inventory button to Quick Stack to All Nearby Chests, making inventory management much quicker.

Quick stack now creates new stacks in your chests for items you have in inventory if applicable.

The Dye System has been overhauled to improve the general appearance of all Dyes.

Crafting Grid button now has new graphics for toggling.

Smart Cursor now also works for Paintbrush, Paint Roller, Paint Scraper, Buckets, Alchemy, Acorns, and Actuators.

Platforms will now automatically place as stairs if placed appropriately using Smart Cursor.

You can now right click clickable tiles when the mouse is hovering on them in Smart Cursor.

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Expert Mode:

Expert mode can now be toggled in the World Creation Menu. This will trigger a host of changes, all designed to provide a greater challenge with the promise of greater rewards. Some of those challenges are listed below:

Enemies can pick up your gold when you die and attempt to run off with it. Kill them to retrieve your loot.

Monsters have a small chance to spawn in towns.

Some normal enemies have been given new AI.

Bosses have been given new AI.

Bosses will drop Treasure Bags containing powerful expert exclusive items to reward those up to the challenge.

Pots now drop more stuff when broken.

Ice Monsters gain an additional chance to freeze upon hitting the player.

Quest rewards give more money.

Bats have a chance to give the new Feral Bite debuff. This debuff will increase player damage but lower player health regen. This debuff will also cause other random debuffs to be applied to the player

Life Regen isn’t as effective unless the player has the Well Fed buff.

Vampire and Spectre healing is slightly less effective than in normal mode.

The Defense statistic is more effective than in normal mode.

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Events:

Invasion Events now have a progress bar, showing how far along the player is towards completion.

The new randomly-triggered Slime Rain event is now included.

The Goblin Invasion event has been graphically updated and will have a new mini boss enemy in Hardmode.

The Pirate Invasion has a new mini boss.

The Blood Moon has a new graphical effect as well as several new enemies.

The Solar Eclipse can now be triggered with the Solar Tablet summoning item. This event also has several new enemies and rewards.

The new Martian Madness event can be triggered after the player defeats The Golem.

Cultists will now begin to spawn outside the Dungeon after the player defeats The Golem. Defeating them will start the beginning of the end.

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Crafting:

You can now craft items from a chest while it is open without having to place its contents in the player inventory beforehand..

There is a new Alchemy Table that has a chance to reduce potion crafting cost.

Crafting Wooden Arrows now gives 10 per recipe instead of 5. Their cost has been reduced to 5 copper.

You can now craft Bone Platforms.

Greater Healing Potions now cost less to craft.

Holy Water is now slightly easier to craft.

You now craft Cursed, Demon, Frost, Ichor, and Ultrabright Living Fire Blocks.

You can now craft Gender Change potions.

You can now craft the Wormhole Potion. This potion allows you to teleport to any player on your team by clicking them on the map.

You can now craft Honeyfall Blocks and Walls.

You can now craft Chlorophyte Bricks and Walls.

You can now craft Crimtane Bricks and Walls.

You can now craft Shroomite Plating and Walls.

Beenades can now be crafted.

Water Candles can now be crafted.

You can now craft Crisp Honey Blocks.

You can now craft Sunplate Blocks and Disc Walls.

You can now craft Keys of Light and Keys of Night.

Pink Gel – and several items that are crafted from Pink Gel – have been added.

You can now craft Magic Water Droppers.

You can now craft Meteor Bricks and furniture.

You can now craft Granite and Marble furniture.

Martian Furniture can now be crafted.

You can now craft Enchanted Nightcrawlers.

Lowered the cost for Meteor Gear.

Space Gun now only requires Meteorite Bars.

Crimtane and Demonite bars now cost 3 ore.

You can now craft Target Dummies to test your damage per second.

Avenger Emblems are now crafted from any emblem and all 3 hardmode boss souls.

Neptune’s Shell is no longer craftable and is only dropped from the Creature from the Deep.

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Ray Willmott

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